Bobby Parnell

MIAMI The inning should have ended with Marlon Byrd’s bat on his shoulder. With two out and the Marlins clinging to a one-run lead in the seventh Tuesday, Daniel Murphy bolted for second. Catcher Jeff Mathis made another great throw and Donovan Solano applied the tag, only the ball was not in his glove. It trickled away as Solano failed to secure it and consequently the game. Byrd followed with an RBI-single and scored on Ike Davis’ two-run double into the right-field corner to give the Mets a series-opening 6-5 win at Marlins Park. The Mets topped the Marlins for just the fourth time in 12 meetings behind a pair of three-run, four-hit innings. “I slipped a little...

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